Sonjah Stanley Niaah
Dr. Sonjah Stanley Niaah is a distinguished cultural studies scholar known for her expertise in Jamaican dancehall and Black popular culture. Her interdisciplinary research encompasses politics, geography, music, dance, and gender studies, significantly contributing to Caribbean cultural research and positioning The University of the West Indies as a leader in the field.
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Sonjah Stanley Niaah, a Jamaican cultural studies scholar, said the stew peas belief is linked to the African view that natural elements have an inherent potency.
Bound by blood: new film highlights Jamaica’s outlawed obeah belief system | Jamaica
United Kingdom· 2026-05-30
Sonjah Stanley Niaah is the director of the University of the West Indies’ Centre for Reparations Research.
Secrets of Success: the church that served a plantation remains a monument of resistance | Reparations and reparative justiceUnited Kingdom· 2025-04-02
Niaah, an authority on Jamaican dancehall and Black popular culture, has been promoted to Professor of Cultural Studies.
Culture scholar Sonjah Stanley Niaah among eight new UWI professors | News
Jamaica· 2025-03-24
